Better to ask forgiveness than permission.
In this case permission can’t be given to the deceased.
The problem historically has been the liberal establishment in the developing the Israeli nation
which wanted all guns and ammo locked up within an armory.
Once the enemy is 'within the wire' and at your door, all dependence on perimeter security become irrelevant.
The threat is real, and instantaneous - you can't wait for permission, assuming that your survival is at risk.
What's the expression ? Something like :
You carry a handgun until you can reach your rifle,
so that you can 'reach out and 'touch' the threat.
Take a lesson on the problem of depending only on perimeter security alone, .. and possibly getting permission from authorities.
Getting permission is too time consuming to allow you to re-act.
Good on Ya !
When I was in law enforcement we euphemistically called stuff like this “executive decisions”, i.e. decisions that technically violated procedure, but was the right decision in retrospect.
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